Award-winning author Chris Winitana (Ngati Tuwharetoa, Ngai Tuhoe) is a te reo Maori and tikanga Maori consultant, writer and journalist, and a music and television producer. He has been actively involved in the revitalisation of the Maori language, having taught at various levels and written many Maori language readers, radio play series, children's programmes, and literacy resources and books.